C Jobs in the South West

C
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West requiring C skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited C over the 6 months leading up to 23 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 57 133 122
Rank change year-on-year +76 -11 -21
Permanent jobs citing C 241 101 232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 3.40% 1.97% 2.80%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.72% 4.90% 6.23%
Number of salaries quoted 128 66 95
10th Percentile £39,925 £32,500 £32,600
25th Percentile £45,250 £45,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.55% +15.79%
75th Percentile £65,750 £69,375 £68,750
90th Percentile £83,250 £78,125 £87,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +9.09%

All Programming Languages
South West

C falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,895 2,060 3,726
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 26.72% 40.21% 44.93%
Number of salaries quoted 1,021 1,460 2,394
10th Percentile £34,000 £35,733 £31,825
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £38,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - +8.33%

C
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing C as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for C in the South West

C
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing C in the South West.

Salary trend for C in the South West

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Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing C in the South West over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for C in the South West

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Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing C within the South West region over the 6 months to 23 October 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorset +27 60 £50,000 - 3
Gloucestershire +2 56 £46,500 -19.48% 30
Bristol +40 47 £60,000 - 40
Devon +32 41 £87,500 +59.09% 7
Somerset +1 22 £80,000 +128.57% 6
Wiltshire -4 13 £67,500 +3.85% 3
Cornwall +3 2 - -
C
England

C
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 32 (13.28%) WinCC
2 25 (10.37%) Confluence
3 1 (0.41%) CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.41%) IIS
3 1 (0.41%) Kentico
3 1 (0.41%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (0.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 4 (1.66%) GNU Octave
2 3 (1.24%) Simulink
Cloud Services
1 27 (11.20%) AWS
2 5 (2.07%) AWS CodeCommit
2 5 (2.07%) Azure
3 2 (0.83%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (0.83%) WhatsApp
4 1 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (0.41%) Kontent
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.47%) HTTP
1 18 (7.47%) Internet
1 18 (7.47%) TCP/IP
2 10 (4.15%) Wireshark
3 9 (3.73%) Link 16
4 6 (2.49%) 5G
4 6 (2.49%) DNS
4 6 (2.49%) SD-WAN
4 6 (2.49%) SMTP
4 6 (2.49%) WAN
5 4 (1.66%) Network Security
5 4 (1.66%) OFDM
6 2 (0.83%) Asterisk PBX
6 2 (0.83%) PBX
6 2 (0.83%) RTP
6 2 (0.83%) VoIP
7 1 (0.41%) Ethernet
7 1 (0.41%) RS-232
7 1 (0.41%) RS-422
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.83%) MongoDB
1 2 (0.83%) MySQL
1 2 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 42 (17.43%) JIRA
2 39 (16.18%) Visual Studio
3 14 (5.81%) Git
3 14 (5.81%) Mercurial
4 10 (4.15%) IDA Disassembler
5 8 (3.32%) LabVIEW
5 8 (3.32%) NetBeans
6 5 (2.07%) Jenkins
6 5 (2.07%) Subversion
7 3 (1.24%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.83%) SonarQube
9 1 (0.41%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 49 (20.33%) Avionics
2 43 (17.84%) Social Skills
3 32 (13.28%) Electronics
4 30 (12.45%) Aerospace
4 30 (12.45%) Manufacturing
5 20 (8.30%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (5.81%) Automotive
7 12 (4.98%) Finance
8 7 (2.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.90%) Legal
8 7 (2.90%) Telecoms
9 6 (2.49%) Marketing
10 5 (2.07%) Law
10 5 (2.07%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.24%) Aviation
11 3 (1.24%) Banking
11 3 (1.24%) Retail
12 1 (0.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 93 (38.59%) Software Engineer
2 75 (31.12%) Senior
3 55 (22.82%) Embedded Engineer
4 25 (10.37%) Lead
5 23 (9.54%) C Software Engineer
6 21 (8.71%) C++ Software Engineer
7 20 (8.30%) Firmware Engineer
8 19 (7.88%) Embedded Firmware Engineer
8 19 (7.88%) Embedded Software Engineer
9 15 (6.22%) C/C++ Software Engineer
9 15 (6.22%) Systems Engineer
10 13 (5.39%) Senior Embedded Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Electronics Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Senior Software Engineer
11 12 (4.98%) Software Team Leader
11 12 (4.98%) Team Leader
12 11 (4.56%) C# Software Engineer
12 11 (4.56%) Embedded C Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) Embedded C Software Engineer
13 10 (4.15%) Security Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (18.26%) HTML
2 35 (14.52%) .NET
2 35 (14.52%) .NET Framework
3 33 (13.69%) ASP.NET
4 32 (13.28%) Blazor
4 32 (13.28%) CSS
4 32 (13.28%) WPF
5 12 (4.98%) XML
6 8 (3.32%) JavaFX
6 8 (3.32%) React
7 7 (2.90%) Node.js
8 5 (2.07%) NestJS
9 2 (0.83%) AngularJS
9 2 (0.83%) DPDK
9 2 (0.83%) GraphQL
9 2 (0.83%) REST
9 2 (0.83%) Vue
10 1 (0.41%) .NET Core
10 1 (0.41%) ASP.NET MVC
10 1 (0.41%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 36 (14.94%) Robotics
2 23 (9.54%) Embedded Systems
3 11 (4.56%) Algorithms
4 10 (4.15%) Arduino
4 10 (4.15%) ARM Cortex
4 10 (4.15%) FPGA
5 9 (3.73%) Greenfield Project
6 8 (3.32%) Analogue Electronics
6 8 (3.32%) Device Driver
6 8 (3.32%) GNSS
6 8 (3.32%) PMI
7 6 (2.49%) MicroBlaze
7 6 (2.49%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.49%) VHDL
8 5 (2.07%) Public Cloud
8 5 (2.07%) Tandem
9 4 (1.66%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.66%) Replication
10 3 (1.24%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.24%) Online Banking
Operating Systems
1 68 (28.22%) Linux
2 18 (7.47%) Windows
3 10 (4.15%) Kali Linux
4 8 (3.32%) Android
5 7 (2.90%) Unix
6 2 (0.83%) CentOS
6 2 (0.83%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.83%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (41.08%) Software Engineering
2 84 (34.85%) Mathematics
3 66 (27.39%) Problem-Solving
4 41 (17.01%) Physics
5 34 (14.11%) Quality Management
5 34 (14.11%) SDLC
6 32 (13.28%) Mathematical Modelling
7 28 (11.62%) User Experience
8 27 (11.20%) Software Testing
9 21 (8.71%) Computer Science
9 21 (8.71%) UML
9 21 (8.71%) UX Design
10 20 (8.30%) Artificial Intelligence
11 19 (7.88%) Requirements Analysis
12 18 (7.47%) Cybersecurity
13 16 (6.64%) Agile
13 16 (6.64%) CAD
13 16 (6.64%) Experimental Design
13 16 (6.64%) Project Management
14 12 (4.98%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 147 (61.00%) C++
2 82 (34.02%) Python
3 63 (26.14%) C#
4 44 (18.26%) JavaScript
5 35 (14.52%) Java
6 30 (12.45%) Embedded C
7 20 (8.30%) Embedded C++
8 18 (7.47%) Perl
9 17 (7.05%) Bash
10 15 (6.22%) MATLAB
10 15 (6.22%) SQL
11 8 (3.32%) Fortran
12 5 (2.07%) R
12 5 (2.07%) Scala
13 3 (1.24%) Objective-C
13 3 (1.24%) Rust
14 2 (0.83%) Go
14 2 (0.83%) Tcl
14 2 (0.83%) TypeScript
14 2 (0.83%) VB
Qualifications
1 111 (46.06%) Degree
2 42 (17.43%) Security Cleared
3 24 (9.96%) DV Cleared
4 14 (5.81%) SC Cleared
5 9 (3.73%) Computer Science Degree
6 8 (3.32%) PMI Certification
7 5 (2.07%) SANS
8 4 (1.66%) CISA
8 4 (1.66%) CISM
8 4 (1.66%) CISSP
8 4 (1.66%) CRISC
9 2 (0.83%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (8.30%) ISO 9001
2 16 (6.64%) IEC 61131
3 8 (3.32%) TickIT
4 5 (2.07%) NIST
5 4 (1.66%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.41%) QA
System Software
1 38 (15.77%) Firmware
2 35 (14.52%) Embedded Firmware
3 9 (3.73%) Docker
4 2 (0.83%) Kamailio
Systems Management
1 2 (0.83%) Ansible
2 1 (0.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (13.28%) Siemens
2 22 (9.13%) Microsoft
3 10 (4.15%) Atlassian
4 2 (0.83%) Altera
4 2 (0.83%) Cisco
4 2 (0.83%) Coverity
4 2 (0.83%) Dialogic
4 2 (0.83%) Green Hills
4 2 (0.83%) Motorola
4 2 (0.83%) Red Hat
4 2 (0.83%) Ribbon
4 2 (0.83%) Samsung
4 2 (0.83%) Xilinx
5 1 (0.41%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.41%) Optimizely
5 1 (0.41%) SAP
5 1 (0.41%) Sitecore